The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-05-26

s;ons n write FTP. S NJ Ney- The
father Of Michael Ney, the Marshal
,vas named Peter and was cooper by
trade after he retired from the army,
and Michael's mother was scotch
lady-hcnce the name Stuart Ne)
was
FOND OF HIS TODDY
and many times took too much. Inc
sturdy old farmers in the community
in which he taught tried to preVall
anon him to abstain, and, at times, ne
would do so for a few months, but nc
would invariably return TO the cup |
whenever anything iritated HIM Sc
yerelv. One of his friends, knowing |
News falling, but too kind to keep,
from him. sat out his bottle one day
and attempted to limit him by placing
s,v its side a small wine glass, but after
turning down one glass, he remarked;
mMy friend three scruples make one
.drachm," and he proceeded to make
the dram.
Ney was very firm in his school fu,-
ings, but there was a streak OF KIND
ness running through ali his acts,
(Which caused his pupils to love as well
as to fear him. He was specially EIhd
to children, and nearly always Kept a
package of candy in his desk, and
when a small child said a good lesson
It was sure to be rewarded with stick.
Whenever he was under the influence
of liquor in any of the villages ne
would buy candy, and walk the streets
and distribute it among all the chill
dren he met. He wrote great deal:
nearly all of his spare time being EN-,
Moved in that way. He had large
packages Of manuscript, but as he KEEP
It very close no one ever knew VIVA
it was. In comparing
HIS HANDWRITING
with that of Marshal Ney l could trac
a striking resemblance in many OF tn
letters. and he had the same lecullar
ity of making a flourish with the pc
at the close of his signature. He oite
wrote words of advice or lines OF poe
trv in the school books or autogrdp
albums of his pupils. He wrote tt
following significant lines in the auto
graph album of one Of his school girl
dated May 26, 1886:
Though of the chosen, the choicest,
To fame gave her loftiest tone;
Though 'mong the brave, the braveSt,
MY plume and my baton are gone
10,
Hath stopped from his altitude high,
A prev to a vulture the fOuleSt,
No more to visit the sky.
One sigh for the hopes that have perishe
One tear for the wreck OF the past,
One look upon all have cherished,
One lingering look, It's the last.
And now from remembrance l Danish
The glOries that ShOne in my tram
d. vanish fond memories, vanish,
Return not to sting me again
During the year 1926 the Savanna
Ga. papers created a sensation o
morning by publishing that one
Marshal Ncy's sons was in the city.
few days later it was also publish
that he was closeted with the pol
the whole time he was there, and tt
he quietly disappeared without anyo
knowing where he had gone. ABB
the same time a young man visit
Ney in Iredell county, remained
close conference with him for seve
DAYS and left. Ney never told W
his visitor was, but some say who S
him that there was a striking reese
blanCe between the two men.
b. , One day when he was teaching
Z Hunting Creek, in Iredell county,
had taken several drains, and, feel
rather communicative, took the b
to large fat sandbar left near
school after freshet, and with a 81
marked off the plan of the battle
Waterloo in detail, and showed
various points he occupied and wi
the five horses were killed under h
While living in that neighbour
he did not get home in due time
night and his landlady sent two ne
men to look for him. They found
on the roadside and placed him o.
horse, and, as he could not sit up,
out him across the animal SO
could hold him on. He exclaim
s.What, is this the way you treat
Duke of Elchingen, like bag
meal?" This was the duCal little
slowed upon Ney from the battle
Ulm.
Caesar was his favorite classic,
he knew it almost by heart. He
seldom had to refer to the book v
the class was reciting. In comm
ing on Caesars battles he would
riably compare them with Napole
and always make his old leader
greater of the two.
He understood a system of S
hand writing which, upon inves
ton, was found to be different
any ever used in the United ST
He taught 1t to several of his pl
Being right we'll skilled in thi
would often write down speeches
sermons as they were delivered
Frenchman who once served L
Marshal Ney afterwards moved
North Carolina and lived in an
Joining county. One day he saw
old teacher on the streets in S
vile, and at once threw up his
and started to him, eXclaiming,